LAW ENFORCEMENT & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
“A nation’s laws are the deepest expression of its culture. They say what we value and how we intend to get along and hold ourselves together as a people.”
–Hon. Joseph Thomas Flies-Away, Tribal Court Judge, Hualapai, Gila River, Karuk
NNI staff have long been engaged on issues of justice and law enforcement in Indian Country for two evidence-based reasons:
- the econometric evidence: Native nations with more effective court systems are those best able to attract investment of all forms, be it financial, physical, or human.
- the qualitative evidence: It is difficult for healthy community development to proceed when tribal citizens feel unsafe and afraid.
Publications & Projects
![Indigenous Justice New Tools Book](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2022-07/Indigenous%20Justice%20New%20Tools.png?h=c8fef67b&itok=zvcRwnkE)
![Tribal Issues Advisory Group Report](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2022-07/Tribal%20Issues%20Advisory%20Group%20Report.jpg?itok=HF8p8M61)
![The State of the Native Nations](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2022-07/The%20State%20of%20the%20Native%20Nations.png?itok=Jwdbg6pn)
![A Roadmap For Making Native America Safer](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2022-07/A%20Roadmap%20For%20Making%20Native%20America%20Safer.png?itok=XTsUrL-3)
All law & Justice publications
Presentations & Interviews
![Honoring Nations Ken James The Flandreau Police Department](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/2022-07/Honoring%20Nations%20Ken%20James%20The%20Flandreau%20Police%20Department.png?itok=vR--pog1)
Ken James: The Flandreau Police Department
A Presentation to the Honoring Nations Board of Governors